16 THK RIKnS OF SPRINCFIEIJ) AND VICINITY. 



258. Symphemia semipalmata (Gmel. ). Willet. 



Rare sprint^ and autumn \-isitor ; I caj^tured one vSepteniber 8, 

 igoo. 



261. Bartramia longicauda (Bechst. ). Bartra- 

 MIAN vSandpipI':r. Rather rare summer re.ident, breeding in 

 Russell, Bland ford and some of the other mountain towns. 

 Formerly, it was aljundant in the river towns during August, 

 but now only a few indi\-iduals visit us. 



262. Tryngites subruficollis ( Vieill. ». Buff-breasted 

 Sandpiper, (iiven by Dr. J. A. Allen as a rare spring 

 and autumn visitor, and recorded in Merriam's Birds of Con- 

 necticut, as having been taken near Hartford. There is one 

 example in the Science building in Springfield that was 

 captured at Northampton by E. O. Damon. 



263. Actitis macularia (I^inn.). Spotted Sand- 

 piper. Abundant sunnner resident. 



265. Numenius hudsonicus I/ath. Hudsonicus 

 Curlew. A rare migrant ; it has been killed in the vicinity of 

 Hartford (see Merriam's Birds of Connecticut, page 109). I 

 have seen a Curlew in Longmeadow, probably one of this 

 .specie ; the specimen in the Science building in Springfield, 

 was taken by K. O. Damon at Northampton. 



270. Squatarola squatarola (I^inn.). Black- 

 I5ELLIED Plover. Accidental vi.'-itor ; some years ago, about 

 the first of June, I found one on the bank of the Connecticut 

 river so tame that it permitted me to row within fifteen feet of 

 it and watch it feed. 



272. Charadrius dominicus Miill. American Golden 

 Plover. Rare autumn \-isitor. 



273. Aegialitis vocifera (I^inn.). Killdeer. A 

 rare summer resident ; formall)-, common localh' when a great 



